One day the landlord summoned his sons and said, Last night I dreamt of a beautiful rabbit, white as snow, with a black spot on the top of its head. I liked the look of it very much. You must try your best to catch it for me in the forest.
Father, we have never even heard of such a rabbit! his sons replied. Where can we go to catch it for you?
You hopeless creatures! Didnt you hear what I said just now? cried the landlord in a temper. Go and look for it. Whoever finds it will inherit all I have when I die.
The eldest son thought to himself, I am the eldest. I should inherit fathers property anyway, whether I catch the rabbit or not. But supposing they... He stepped forward and said, Brothers, let me go! I fear no danger, if only I can make father happy!
He set off on his way loo
king around him carefully, and after a while an old man came towards him and asked, Young man, where are you going? The eldest son told him why he had come.
Go to the forest then, said the old man, and look for the rabbit! Aniz is tending my cattle there. Tell him what you want and hell help you.
The eldest son went into the forest, found Aniz and asked him for his help. Of course! Aniz smiled, I can help you to find the strange rabbit. Come and get it this evening. But you must bring with you a thousand strings of cash to pay for it.
The eldest son reckoned gleefully, Compared with the property I am going to inherit, a thousand strings of cash are nothing! In the evening he returned to the forest with the money and found Aniz sitting on a tree stump, playing his flute. All the little animals were squatting round him entranced, pricking up their ears to listen to the music. The eldest son saw the white rabbit among them at once. It really did have had a tiny black spot on the top of its head.
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